Job Summary
The Maintenance Laborer will landscape or maintain the grounds of property using power tools or equipment.
Maintenance Laborers typically perform an assortment of tasks, which may include any combination of the following: sod laying, mowing, trimming, planting, watering, fertilizing plants, installing pine
straw/mulch, digging, and raking.
Core Values
Culture of Safety Safety is always job #1
A Growing Tradition Plants, Personally, Financially and Professionally
Employee Owned Personal Pride in Success with an Owners Mentality
Exceptional Customer Experience Delighting our Clients with our Products and Services
Good Neighbors Community Pride Sharing our Success
Respectability Treating Others as we want to be treated
Supervisory Responsibilities
None
Duties/Responsibilities
Projects and job tasks are to include but are not limited to, working in inclement weather, home trash pickup, flower planting, laying of sod, fertilizing, chemical applications, planting trees and shrubs, landscape construction, irrigation maintenance, storm cleanup, shop cleanup, equipment maintenance, documentation, street cleaning, pond maintenance, holiday decorating, working from heights
Check high-priority areas daily for debris, blowing needs, weeds, or anything that is unsightly or out of place
Fully fuel up all equipment at the end of each workday
Before operating equipment, check for safety, fuel, oil level, tire air pressure, and any other fine-tuning before use
Daily activities may consist of mowing with various types of mowers including zero turn and push mowers
Use of string trimmers, edgers, blowers, and chainsaws, among a large variety of maintenance tools
Properly applicate fertilizers, pesticides, and chemicals
Complete work in a timely, fine-tuned manner
Jobsites are to be left in a normal, safe, and clean status
High-quality service is always expected
Assist and contribute regularly on projects, at any moment, in any area, as deemed necessary by the department manager or assistant manager
Adhere to Company’s safety policy and ensure that the public and co-workers will be safe while performing job duties
Performs other duties as assigned
Required Skills/Abilities
Mows and trims lawns, using a hand mower or power mower
Trims shrubs and improves gardens
Clean grounds, using rakes and hoses
May use landscaping tools or operate heavy equipment as needed
Adhere to Company’s safety policy and ensure that the public and co-workers will be safe while performing job duties
Education and Experience
High school graduate or equivalent desired
Previous outside construction, landscape, or similar field experience
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills a must
Candidate must have experience in operating a locator, wiring and re-wiring irrigation clocks and programming decoders
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:
Have a full range of mobility in the upper and lower body
Be able to reach overhead
Be able to work in various positions, including, but not limited to, stooping, standing, bending over, sitting, kneeling, and squatting for extended periods of time
Be able to lift, pull and push materials and equipment to complete assigned job tasks
Be able to lift 50 pounds of weight frequently throughout assigned workday